Weld
County was the first to use water to convert the land into one of
the top three agricultural (farming) counties in the USA. Many of Greeley's goods and services are because of its agricultural history.

Weld
County was the first to move the melted snow from the mountains
that would have flowed west to the Pacific Ocean to the eastern
slopes of Colorado for use in irrigation.

Sprinkler
technology (systems) and use was also developed here.

Greeley
is the largest community not located along the interstate highways.
Greeley chose not to be located along Interstate 25 because it did
not want to waste the farmland.

Greeley is growing and urban (city) life is moving into rural (farm) areas. (Click on the thumbnails to see them bigger. Close the pictures window when done.)

Is this plowed field ready for planting?

No, it is going to become another shopping area.

Is this in an urban (city)area?

Or is it in a rural (farm) area?

You can see both the rural (farm) and the urban (city) in this picture.

Where urban (city) life meets rural (farm) life.

This is a display at the Greeley History Museum that gives some facts about the agriculture in Weld County.